Boston University, Departments of Manufacturing Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor, 2003-
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, CA, Post Doctoral Fellow, 2001 – 2003 Materials Sciences Division, Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Principal Investigator: Carolyn Bertozzi. Used a functional genomi cs approach to study cell-biomaterial surface interactions. Exploited microarray technology and bioinformatics analyses to track the gene expression of cells in contact with tissue engineering scaffold materials.
Aclara Biosciences, Inc., Mountain View, CA, Senior Research Engineer, 2000–2001. Studied microfluidics applications for high throughput drug screening, genetic analysis and proteomics. Evaluated the interactions of biological media and cells with polymeric surfaces in micro channels.
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2000. Medical Polymer and Biomaterials Group and the Surface Science and Tribology Group Thesis: “Mechanical, Chemical, and Biological Evaluation of Energetically Treated Polymer Surfaces for Biomedical Applications.” Committee: Lisa Pruitt (co-Chair), Kyriakos Komvopoulos (co-Chair), Gabor Somorjai. Major fields of study: materials, bioengineering and integrative biology. Used novel and traditional surface metrology techniques in combination with biological assays to probe biomaterial surfaces. Created novel biomaterial surfaces for total joint replacement applications.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, S.M. Engineering Sciences, 1995. Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital Project: Developed and evaluated a method for the electron beam deposition of functionally gradient aluminum/aluminum oxide/calcium phosphate films on metal joint prosthesis materials for bone bonding. Adviser: Myron Spector
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 1994 .
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1994-1997 • Vice Chancellor for Research Fund Award, UC Berkeley, 2000 • Materials Research Society Silver Graduate Student Research Award, 1998 • Hellman Family Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 1997-1998 • American Association of University Women Scholarship, 1993
Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundataion • Society for Biomaterials • Materials Research Society • American Society of Mechanical Engineers